1. Bats and Echolocation Contents: Bats and echolocation

2. Bats - Order “Chiroptera” = Hand Wing TOC Don’t nest in hair Not blind Scaring the bats in the attic Most N. American eat insects - lots

3. They have the same bones in their hands that we do

4. Bats - Types TOC Eat: Bugs Frogs Birds Fish Fruit Birds = Diurnal Bats = Nocturnal

5. Echolocating bat

6. More echolocators…

7. Bats Echolocation TOC Bats locate using sound = echolocation Loud as a jackhammer at 20 feet Shut ear flaps Spectrum Orienting call Why sweep? Calculate wavelength Tag Feeding Buzz Tympanic moths Arctiid moths